Guard Gets Probation For Meter Theft

Former Wells Fargo employee Emmanuel Charles Watson was sentenced Tuesday to three years of probation for stealing almost $22,000 in nickels, dimes and quarters from Hollywood parking meters.

Watson, 30, had agreed last week to plead guilty to the grand theft charge in exchange for probation.

He also agreed to testify truthfully about any other Wells Fargo employees who were involved in the thefts of $180,000 in Hollywood parking revenues. That cooperation will serve in lieu of restitution, prosecutor John Jolly said.

Authorities suspect at least two other employees may have stolen the bulk of the missing $180,000.